I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

if you want to keep happiness , you have to share it !

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

'When you have a lemon, make a lemonade.' That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds that life has handed him a lemon, he gives up and says, 'I 'm beaten. It is fate. I haven't got a chance.' Then he proceeds to rail against the world and indulge in an orgy of self-pity .

In order to make friends you must first be friendly